Taking his only shot at upstaging the State visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, DNC Chair Howard Dean calls the Iraqi Prime Minister an anti-Semite. Some in his party also attempted to prevent the Prime Minister from addressing the joint session of Congress because of their attempt to inject themselves into the official State visit, the topic of which was the war in Iraq and to thank us, the United States, for all we have done in that regard. It was not about Hezbollah and Israel. But that wasn't good enough, they felt it necessary to insult him, belittle him, and call him names. And they claim to be the experts in diplomacy?? They seem to treat our enemies a lot better than our ally.
Howard Dean chose to inject himself into the visit by demanding (imagine that, a DNC political figure) a visiting head of state to condemn Hezbollah, and since he wouldn't stoop to his level, Dean attaches the 'anti-Semite' label to him.
Were you aware that on July 20, 2006 there were seven democrats who also refused to condemn Hezbollah in Congress. That would be representatives Abercrombie, Conyers, Dingell, Kilpatrick (MI), Baghdad Jim McDermott, Rahall, and Stark. Did Dean call them anti-Semites? Of course not.
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From Powerline blog:
So Howard Dean called the Iraqi prime minister an "anti-Semite" yesterday as a result of his failure to condemn Hezbollah. Somewhat closer to Dean's jurisdiction as chairman of the Democratic Party, ranking Democratic Congressmen including John Dingell, John Conyers, Nick Rahall, Pete Stark, and Neal Abercrombie voted against House Resolution 921 condemning Hezbollah's attacks against Israel last week. I don't recall Dean commenting on their vote against the resolution.
Dean calls Iraqi PM an 'anti-Semite' (AP).
 AP - Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean on Wednesday called Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki an "anti-Semite" for failing to denounce Hezbollah for its attacks against Israel.
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